Piety and Socrates

The selection of reading we had confronted the issue of piety. Socrates and Euthyphro search for a definition on such a complex word. And although the time frames don't match up, I feel that this is a subject that is totally relevant to our current times and the uneasy situations that may come before us. I, along with many others are confronted with situations that we might consider impious or simply wrong. But then the thought comes into mind of what is truly wrong or impious. Its not something that can relate directly back to religion. In my opinion, its something that comes from thought and a search within yourself. Socrates stated, "where there is piety there is also justice, but where there is justice, there is not always piety." This exerpt from page 15 defines the type of action that is entailed in determining on your own what is wrong and what is right.